
Medieval Europe
A Short History
Judith Bennett(Author)
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
11th Edition
Published on 20. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-07-338550-1 (ISBN)
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Product info
Student Textbook
Edition
11th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
55 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
524 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-338550-1 (9780073385501)
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Person
Judith M. Bennett teaches medieval history and women's history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she is Martha Nell Hardy Distinguished Professor. Educated at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Toronto, and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, she is the author of numerous books and articles about peasants, women, and families in the Middle Ages. Professor Bennett's research has been supported by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Humanities Center, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and numerous other agencies. She has held lectureships in Australia and England, as well as the United States. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in London, she has held offices in such professional organizations as the Medieval Academy of America, the North American Conference on British Studies, the Coordinating Council for Women in History, and the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. Professor Bennett has received several awards for her scholarly books and articles, and she is also an acclaimed teacher at UNC-CH, where she has won a top teaching award and is now a fellow of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars.
Content
Part I: The Early Middle Ages, c. 500-1000
Chapter 1: Romans, Christians, and Barbarians
Chapter 2: Early Western Christendom, c. 500-700
Chapter 3: Neighbors: Byzantium and Islam, c. 500-1000
Chapter 4: Carolingian Europe, c. 700-850
Chapter 5: Division, Invasion, and Reorganization, c. 800-1000
Part II: The Central Middle Ages, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 6: Economic Takeoff and Social Change, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 7: Popes and the Papacy, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 8: New Paths to God, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 9: Conquests, Crusades, and Persecutions, c. 1100-1300
Chapter 10: States Made and Unmade, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 11: Literature, Art, and Thought, c. 1000-1300
Part III: The Later Middle Ages, 1300-1500
Chapter 12: Famine, Plague, and Recovery, c. 1300-1500
Chapter 13: Toward the Sovereign State, c. 1300-1500
Chapter 14: Diversity and Dynamism in Late Medieval Culture, c. 1300-1500
Glossary
Citations
Appendix: Some Popes and Monarchs of Medieval Europe
Chapter 1: Romans, Christians, and Barbarians
Chapter 2: Early Western Christendom, c. 500-700
Chapter 3: Neighbors: Byzantium and Islam, c. 500-1000
Chapter 4: Carolingian Europe, c. 700-850
Chapter 5: Division, Invasion, and Reorganization, c. 800-1000
Part II: The Central Middle Ages, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 6: Economic Takeoff and Social Change, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 7: Popes and the Papacy, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 8: New Paths to God, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 9: Conquests, Crusades, and Persecutions, c. 1100-1300
Chapter 10: States Made and Unmade, c. 1000-1300
Chapter 11: Literature, Art, and Thought, c. 1000-1300
Part III: The Later Middle Ages, 1300-1500
Chapter 12: Famine, Plague, and Recovery, c. 1300-1500
Chapter 13: Toward the Sovereign State, c. 1300-1500
Chapter 14: Diversity and Dynamism in Late Medieval Culture, c. 1300-1500
Glossary
Citations
Appendix: Some Popes and Monarchs of Medieval Europe